The "General Games Chat" forum, which includes Retro Game Reviews, has been archived and is now read-only. You cannot post here or create a new thread or review on this forum.
Think back to the times of the Megadrive and SNES. Each ahd a certain number of games that everyone owned. Streetfighter 2 and Super Mario World on the SNES, Sonic on the Megadrive. These killer app's - games so good they basicaly sold the console - appealed to most gamers and we we're all happy.
With the launch of the Playstation the type of games possible changed. New genres like first person shooters and advanced strategy titles charged in alongside 3D beat em ups like Tekken and arcade perfect games that made the previous consoles look archaic. Again there were more killer apps like Ridge Racer and Tekken but the first signs of trouble began to show when Ridge Racer received somewhat lukewarm comments from even the official magazine who scored it 7/10. It was a good score, but we all wanted 9/10. It was arcade perfect for flips sake....what was happening ? Then the Dreamcast launched with more advanced games yet its own 'killers' ran into trouble, Dead Or Alive 2 in particular, but it looked great ! Finally we come to the Playstation 2 whose own killer app games have divided gamers worldwide - Metal Gear 2, Tekken Tag, Final Fantasy X, GTA 3 and many others.
So why's it so hard to make a game everyone likes ? Blame popularity. Since the days of the SNES more and more of us own consoles and our interests have grown wider, making a game we all like is a mean feat for even the greatest people like Square and Konami. Gamers all cry out for killer apps but we're asking the impossible because 'we' don't know what we actually want ourselves ! Take Metal Gear Solid 2 - it's got guns, a plot, amazing graphics, brilliant sound, intelligent AI, many replay incentives, hidden items and areas, a good ending sequence, a free making of DVD - yet not everyone liked it. Poor Kojima must've been shaking his head in disbelief if he ever saw some of the comments made -after all he'd given fans what they wanted, right ? How can we criticise developers when no one has actually got a clue what they really like anyway - how many games have we all played that we thought we'd hate that turned out to be quite excellent. I was determined that Maximo was a game I'd never buy, but one quick play in HMV later and I went off to buy it.
In reality the quality of next gen games is so high that it's a pity many gamers never look beyond the 8/10 or higher titles but this is in part due to the other problem in the industry - cost ! We may be harder to please but we're still paying the same as we did back in the 90's for chunky plastic cartridges ! (which didn't get scratched either)....... ah happy days (?)
With the launch of the Playstation the type of games possible changed. New genres like first person shooters and advanced strategy titles charged in alongside 3D beat em ups like Tekken and arcade perfect games that made the previous consoles look archaic. Again there were more killer apps like Ridge Racer and Tekken but the first signs of trouble began to show when Ridge Racer received somewhat lukewarm comments from even the official magazine who scored it 7/10. It was a good score, but we all wanted 9/10. It was arcade perfect for flips sake....what was happening ? Then the Dreamcast launched with more advanced games yet its own 'killers' ran into trouble, Dead Or Alive 2 in particular, but it looked great ! Finally we come to the Playstation 2 whose own killer app games have divided gamers worldwide - Metal Gear 2, Tekken Tag, Final Fantasy X, GTA 3 and many others.
So why's it so hard to make a game everyone likes ? Blame popularity. Since the days of the SNES more and more of us own consoles and our interests have grown wider, making a game we all like is a mean feat for even the greatest people like Square and Konami. Gamers all cry out for killer apps but we're asking the impossible because 'we' don't know what we actually want ourselves ! Take Metal Gear Solid 2 - it's got guns, a plot, amazing graphics, brilliant sound, intelligent AI, many replay incentives, hidden items and areas, a good ending sequence, a free making of DVD - yet not everyone liked it. Poor Kojima must've been shaking his head in disbelief if he ever saw some of the comments made -after all he'd given fans what they wanted, right ? How can we criticise developers when no one has actually got a clue what they really like anyway - how many games have we all played that we thought we'd hate that turned out to be quite excellent. I was determined that Maximo was a game I'd never buy, but one quick play in HMV later and I went off to buy it.
In reality the quality of next gen games is so high that it's a pity many gamers never look beyond the 8/10 or higher titles but this is in part due to the other problem in the industry - cost ! We may be harder to please but we're still paying the same as we did back in the 90's for chunky plastic cartridges ! (which didn't get scratched either)....... ah happy days (?)
Unable to get any web sites in Internet Explorer? This may be connected to the Microsoft Winsock update (curing an issue that has been in the browser for 18 years!)
In IE go to Internet Options and click on the Security Tab. Click the Custom button. Find the entry of 'Allow data sources across domains' and enable this. Save.
If this does not resolve the issue then look at the setting for your DNS server. This may be on your router. Try adding 8.8.8.8 and 4.4.4.4 as DNS servers on the TCP/IP 4 settings for DNS on the network card instead of the 'automatically obtain'.
Also consider resetting or repairing Winsock. There are utility programs on the internet that will do this.
In IE go to Internet Options and click on the Security Tab. Click the Custom button. Find the entry of 'Allow data sources across domains' and enable this. Save.
If this does not resolve the issue then look at the setting for your DNS server. This may be on your router. Try adding 8.8.8.8 and 4.4.4.4 as DNS servers on the TCP/IP 4 settings for DNS on the network card instead of the 'automatically obtain'.
Also consider resetting or repairing Winsock. There are utility programs on the internet that will do this.
I remember my Master System. The games on it were complete trash, I can't think of any games for this console which pleased everyone (maybe Sonic?).
Maybe it was only really SNES and MegaDrive which had a game that appealed to everyone?
Maybe it was only really SNES and MegaDrive which had a game that appealed to everyone?
Think back to the times of the Megadrive and SNES. Each ahd a certain number of games that everyone owned. Streetfighter 2 and Super Mario World on the SNES, Sonic on the Megadrive. These killer app's - games so good they basicaly sold the console - appealed to most gamers and we we're all happy.
With the launch of the Playstation the type of games possible changed. New genres like first person shooters and advanced strategy titles charged in alongside 3D beat em ups like Tekken and arcade perfect games that made the previous consoles look archaic. Again there were more killer apps like Ridge Racer and Tekken but the first signs of trouble began to show when Ridge Racer received somewhat lukewarm comments from even the official magazine who scored it 7/10. It was a good score, but we all wanted 9/10. It was arcade perfect for flips sake....what was happening ? Then the Dreamcast launched with more advanced games yet its own 'killers' ran into trouble, Dead Or Alive 2 in particular, but it looked great ! Finally we come to the Playstation 2 whose own killer app games have divided gamers worldwide - Metal Gear 2, Tekken Tag, Final Fantasy X, GTA 3 and many others.
So why's it so hard to make a game everyone likes ? Blame popularity. Since the days of the SNES more and more of us own consoles and our interests have grown wider, making a game we all like is a mean feat for even the greatest people like Square and Konami. Gamers all cry out for killer apps but we're asking the impossible because 'we' don't know what we actually want ourselves ! Take Metal Gear Solid 2 - it's got guns, a plot, amazing graphics, brilliant sound, intelligent AI, many replay incentives, hidden items and areas, a good ending sequence, a free making of DVD - yet not everyone liked it. Poor Kojima must've been shaking his head in disbelief if he ever saw some of the comments made -after all he'd given fans what they wanted, right ? How can we criticise developers when no one has actually got a clue what they really like anyway - how many games have we all played that we thought we'd hate that turned out to be quite excellent. I was determined that Maximo was a game I'd never buy, but one quick play in HMV later and I went off to buy it.
In reality the quality of next gen games is so high that it's a pity many gamers never look beyond the 8/10 or higher titles but this is in part due to the other problem in the industry - cost ! We may be harder to please but we're still paying the same as we did back in the 90's for chunky plastic cartridges ! (which didn't get scratched either)....... ah happy days (?)
With the launch of the Playstation the type of games possible changed. New genres like first person shooters and advanced strategy titles charged in alongside 3D beat em ups like Tekken and arcade perfect games that made the previous consoles look archaic. Again there were more killer apps like Ridge Racer and Tekken but the first signs of trouble began to show when Ridge Racer received somewhat lukewarm comments from even the official magazine who scored it 7/10. It was a good score, but we all wanted 9/10. It was arcade perfect for flips sake....what was happening ? Then the Dreamcast launched with more advanced games yet its own 'killers' ran into trouble, Dead Or Alive 2 in particular, but it looked great ! Finally we come to the Playstation 2 whose own killer app games have divided gamers worldwide - Metal Gear 2, Tekken Tag, Final Fantasy X, GTA 3 and many others.
So why's it so hard to make a game everyone likes ? Blame popularity. Since the days of the SNES more and more of us own consoles and our interests have grown wider, making a game we all like is a mean feat for even the greatest people like Square and Konami. Gamers all cry out for killer apps but we're asking the impossible because 'we' don't know what we actually want ourselves ! Take Metal Gear Solid 2 - it's got guns, a plot, amazing graphics, brilliant sound, intelligent AI, many replay incentives, hidden items and areas, a good ending sequence, a free making of DVD - yet not everyone liked it. Poor Kojima must've been shaking his head in disbelief if he ever saw some of the comments made -after all he'd given fans what they wanted, right ? How can we criticise developers when no one has actually got a clue what they really like anyway - how many games have we all played that we thought we'd hate that turned out to be quite excellent. I was determined that Maximo was a game I'd never buy, but one quick play in HMV later and I went off to buy it.
In reality the quality of next gen games is so high that it's a pity many gamers never look beyond the 8/10 or higher titles but this is in part due to the other problem in the industry - cost ! We may be harder to please but we're still paying the same as we did back in the 90's for chunky plastic cartridges ! (which didn't get scratched either)....... ah happy days (?)